Living together: It’s as emotionally beneficial as marriage

For all those of you who say marriage is one institution that is more hype than substance, here’s one more study to back your theory. According to a study from The Ohio State University in the US, when it comes to emotional health, young couples — especially women — do just as well moving in together as they do getting married. The findings suggest an evolving role of marriage among young people today, said the co-author of the study Sara Mernitz.

As recently as the early 1990s, young people still received emotional health benefits when they went from living together to getting married, Mernitz said.

“Now it appears that young people, especially women, get the same emotional boost from moving in together as they do from going directly to marriage,” she said. “There is no additional boost from getting married,” Mernitz explained.

Another significant finding was that the emotional benefits of cohabitation or marriage aren’t limited to first relationships. The study found that young adults experienced a drop in emotional distress when they moved from a first relationship into cohabitation or marriage with a second partner.

For all those of you who say marriage is one institution that is more hype than substance, here’s one more study to back your theory. According to a study from The Ohio State University in the US, when it comes to emotional health, young couples — especially women — do just as well moving in together as they do getting married. The findings suggest an evolving role of marriage among young people today, said the co-author of the study Sara Mernitz.

As recently as the early 1990s, young people still received emotional health benefits when they went from living together to getting married, Mernitz said.

“Now it appears that young people, especially women, get the same emotional boost from moving in together as they do from going directly to marriage,” she said. “There is no additional boost from getting married,” Mernitz explained.

Another significant finding was that the emotional benefits of cohabitation or marriage aren’t limited to first relationships. The study found that young adults experienced a drop in emotional distress when they moved from a first relationship into cohabitation or marriage with a second partner.